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Low-Level Light And Heat Therapy Session

California rates for HCPCS 0552T

Applies low-level light energy together with gentle warmth to an area of the body during a treatment session given by a clinician. Nothing is cut and no needle is used; the energy is delivered to the outside of the body over the area being treated.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Low-Level Light And Heat Therapy Session cost?

$28.18

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $7,079 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$19.95$9.33 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,079$4,467 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $12 to $19,953Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $7 to $91
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $7,079professional $20

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$158.49
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$32.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$13.49
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$28.18
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$14.45

Where California sits

The same service costs 20.0 times more in Ohio than in Mississippi. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

California· 13th of 51

$28.18

OH $123MS $6.17

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.